CMi - Chair Mentors International

What CMi - Chair Mentors International does

CMi - Chair Mentors International is a London-headquartered professional services firm founded in 2005 that provides confidential, mentor-led development to Chairs, CEOs and senior executives. Its core offering is tailored, quote-based mentoring engagements delivered by a roster of former world-class leaders — including former board chairs and CEOs of global companies (e.g., Sir Douglas Flint CBE, Vindi Banga, Peter Löscher, Lynn L. Elsenhans) — focused on board-level governance, leadership complexity and personal counsel at the most senior organisational levels. CMi operates with a 16-person team out of Standbrook House on Old Bond Street, London, and is part of Global Mentors Group, a parent community of established mentoring organisations that extends its international reach and roster depth.

The company has no technology platform and no disclosed AI/ML, API or integration footprint; the 'product' is human capital and judgement, monetised through confidential, bespoke engagements rather than a packaged SaaS offering. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct, relationship-based engagement with senior leaders and the organisations they chair or lead — and revenue mechanics reflect a professional services model with quote-based, tailored pricing per engagement. Customer segments are horizontal by persona (Chairs, CEOs, senior executives) rather than by industry, and the firm holds UK Cyber Essentials (IASME/NCSC) and PCI DSS compliance certifications relevant to its enterprise, discretion-sensitive client base.

Name

CMi - Chair Mentors International

Legal name

CMi - Chair Mentors International

Website

https://chairmentors.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CMi provides confidential, mentor-led development to Chairs, CEOs and senior executives, drawing on a roster of former world-class leaders. It operates as the governance-focused arm of Global Mentors Group from London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Mentoring and Leadership Advisory Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Senior Executive Coaching (EDABANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA)

Keywords

• Executive mentoring services
• Board advisory counsel
• Senior leadership development
• Chair and CEO mentoring
• Governance advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Mentoring Services: CMi generates revenue through professional mentoring engagements delivered to senior leaders including Chairs, CEOs and executives. Engagements are tailored to client context, confidential and delivered by former world-class leaders. The service model is relationship-based with personalized counsel.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CMi provides confidential, mentor-led development for Chairs, CEOs and senior executives, delivered by former world-class leaders including former board chairs and CEOs. Each engagement is tailored to the client's leadership context, covering board-level insight, governance guidance and executive mentoring. Services are positioned as premium, discreet counsel grounded in the lived experience of mentors who have led at the highest organizational levels.

Product overview

CMi (Chair Mentors International) is a division within Global Mentors Group that provides mentor-led development for the world's most senior leaders. The core offering is confidential, discreet mentoring services delivered by an unrivalled global roster of board chairs and CEOs who have led at the highest level. Services are tailored to each client's leadership context and include board-level insight, governance guidance, and executive mentoring for Chairs, CEOs, and senior executives navigating complexity, governance challenges, and personal leadership demands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMi Mentoring Services Confidential, mentor-led development and board-level counsel for Chairs, CEOs and senior executives, delivered by former world-class leaders including former board chairs and CEOs. Each engagement is tailored to the client's leadership context and covers governance support, executive mentoring and guidance at the highest organizational levels.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global Mentors GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMi is an integral part of Global Mentors Group, a community of experienced mentors that supports Chairs, CEOs and senior executives at pivotal moments in their leadership journeys. The group brings together a small number of established mentoring organisations offering international reach and breadth of perspective with a mentor-led, relationship-based approach grounded in confidentiality and lived experience. CMi clients gain access to a broader service base and more diverse global network with greater collective experience while maintaining continuity of governance-focused support.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): CCL delivers evidence-based leadership development programs and executive education for senior leaders globally, directly comparable to CMi's focus on leadership development at the executive level, with a similar target buyer persona.
• Vistage Worldwide: Vistage runs peer advisory groups for CEOs and senior executives, providing confidential, experience-based counsel to business leaders — a structurally similar offering to CMi's executive mentoring, though typically delivered to mid-market leaders in group settings.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO provides peer learning and development experiences for CEOs and senior executives globally, comparable to CMi's mentor-led leadership development for the world's most senior leaders, with a focus on confidential peer exchange among top executives.

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles combines executive search with a leadership advisory practice serving senior executives globally, overlapping with CMi's C-suite and board-level advisory offering, though at much greater scale and broader scope.
• Spencer Stuart: Spencer Stuart provides board advisory, executive search, and leadership consulting to C-suite and board-level clients, with overlapping target customers and advisory use cases to CMi's mentoring services for Chairs and CEOs.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Russell Reynolds Associates combines executive search with a leadership advisory practice for senior executives, comparable to CMi's confidential advisory and mentoring services for Chairs and CEOs, particularly in succession and governance contexts.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry operates a large executive search and leadership development practice that includes senior leader advisory and succession services, comparable in client base and use cases to CMi's executive mentoring engagements.
• Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder provides executive search alongside leadership advisory and board services to senior leaders worldwide, directly comparable to CMi's confidential board- and CEO-level counsel, though as a global incumbent rather than a boutique.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chair-mentors

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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